Rumours from the Coconut Wireless

By Fazal Abubakkar Esaf

Sri Lanka is a country where stories hunt for you
It's a rumour.

At least, that's what I was told by a man at a roadside kad who claimed to have played cricket with ghosts and dated a woman who later became President. The island doesn't always make sense. Its timelines twist, its truths wobble, and its stories - well, they multiply faster than potholes in monsoon season.

This book is a collection of those stories - surreal, satirical, possibly slanderous. But under the absurdity lies something very real: a land still unpacking its colonial hangover, wrestling its political contradictions, and trying to keep dancing to baila through blackout after blackout.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQ9QCB1B
• ISBN13: 9798232496890
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Fazal Abubakkar Esaf
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"